Paris 16th: 26,049 m² converted into hotel-type accommodation across just 77 applications

Since 2013, the 16th arrondissement of Paris has recorded a total of 26,049 m² of existing floor area converted into hotel-type accommodation (hébergement hôtelier), plus 1,482 m² of newly created floor area. All of this is spread across just 77 approved applications, for a total of 174 rooms.

What stands out here is not the number of applications — which remains modest — but the average size of each scheme. With more than 26,000 m² converted across 77 applications, the 16th boasts one of the highest average floor areas per project in residential western Paris. Where other arrondissements multiply small conversions, the 16th concentrates large-scale transformations: private mansions, entire office buildings, and vast bourgeois floors.

For context, 17 further applications were cancelled and are not included in these figures: they serve as a reminder that not every approved project is actually completed, and that some of the original intentions are abandoned along the way.

An analysis of the origin of the converted premises confirms a clear trend. Of the 77 approved applications:

• 51 applications come from former offices, by far the majority of schemes;
• 20 applications involve former retail premises;
• just 3 applications start from dwellings.

This predominance of offices is no accident. The 16th has a substantial office stock, particularly around Avenue Foch, Avenue Kléber and the Étoile district. The vacancy of some of these office spaces, combined with the appeal of an upmarket hotel clientele seeking the quiet of western Paris, creates fertile ground for conversions.

The small number of transformations originating from dwellings (3 applications) is equally telling: in the 16th, the shift towards hotels does not come at the expense of residential housing, but relies largely on tertiary premises that are already vacant or looking for a new use.

The momentum shows no sign of slowing: 20 applications have been approved since 2024, representing a significant share of the historical total concentrated in the last two years. And several of these projects are of remarkable size:

• 48 Rue La Pérouse: 1,851 m² from offices, approved in January 2026;
• 17 Rue Galilée: 752 m² from offices, approved in December 2025;
• 2 Square Pétrarque: two separate approvals of 550 and 549 m², both from offices, issued in February 2026;
• 3 Rue Cimarosa: two schemes of 164 and 136 m² from offices, approved in October 2024.

Notably, the most recent applications are located in the Étoile–Kléber–Trocadéro area, the heart of the 16th's tertiary fabric. The Rue La Pérouse project alone illustrates the logic of large-scale schemes: nearly 1,900 m² in a single block — more than some entire arrondissements convert over several years.

To check whether a specific address is subject to an approval or an ongoing project, you can search directly in our observatory of conversions in the 16th.

For an owner or investor, this data paints a picture of a specific market. The 16th is not a territory for multiplying small units: it is an arrondissement where successful conversions involve substantial floor areas, aimed at a premium clientele seeking discretion.

Several lessons emerge:

• The supply is tertiary. Offices account for two-thirds of applications. An owner of vacant or under-used office floors has a genuine route to adding value here.
• The ticket sizes are high. The average floor area per scheme implies capital-intensive projects, driven by players with investment capacity and a hotel vision.
• The rarity of changes from dwellings (3 applications) shows that large bourgeois flats remain mostly on the conventional residential or rental market, including furnished short-term lets.

For owners who wish to operate their property as a short-term rental (meublé de tourisme) within a legal and sustainable framework, our guide to letting in Paris sets out the applicable rules arrondissement by arrondissement. And for those considering a larger-scale scheme, the page dedicated to the change of destination to hotel use explains the regulatory and administrative steps.

The answer depends above all on the nature of the property. The Sitadel figures show that, in the 16th, a tertiary premises of significant floor area is the most common and most promising starting point for a hotel conversion. The 51 applications from offices and the recent schemes on Rue La Pérouse and Rue Galilée are concrete proof of this.

Conversely, for the owner of a bourgeois flat seeking a rental yield, the trade-off is more between unfurnished letting, long-term furnished letting and regulated short-term letting — rather than between residential and pure hotel use.

In all cases, the quality of the location remains decisive: the 16th draws its value from its residential calm, its architectural heritage and its proximity to the major tourist sites of western Paris. Before any project, it is essential to study the regulatory feasibility of the address, the state of the local market and the intended positioning.

For a tailored analysis of your property in the 16th, see our page dedicated to the arrondissement, which brings together our data and services for this area.

The figures in this article come from the Sitadel database (Service des données et études statistiques — SDES), which records planning authorisations. We include here the applications creating hotel-type accommodation floor area through the conversion of existing premises, since 2013.

The headline data (77 applications, 26,049 m² converted, 1,482 m² created, 174 rooms) relates only to approved applications, excluding cancelled applications. For information, 17 cancelled applications were excluded from these totals. Data vintage: 2026-10. An approved project does not guarantee its actual completion or its timetable.